Manito, Illinois.
Typical home $144,733 (+13.4% in a year). Peoria, IL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$437 (+135%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $17,118 +13%
- $127,616$144,733 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $41,580 +40%
- $103,153$144,733 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Manito$760
- Illinois$1,553
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Manito, IL rose 13.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Manito, Tazewell County, Illinois
Manito is a village of 1,552 people in Tazewell County. Half its households earn more than $71,920 a year and half less, against $77,982 across Tazewell County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 82% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Tazewell County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Manito is a small village in Tazewell County where nearly all homes are lived in by their owners, a far higher share of owners than in most American towns. Residents are somewhat older than the typical American, and household incomes sit below the county's. Winters are cold, with a fair amount of snow, and summers turn quite warm.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, banks and insurance, and shops also employing many. Within the village, the Midwest Central school district, the Forman Fire Protection District and The Lodge at Manito are among the largest workplaces. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in much of the country, and the daily trip to work is fairly long.
Things to do. Much of what draws people outdoors is close by. The Mackinaw River and Sand Ridge State Forest are a short drive away, and the Clear Lake Site, an archaeological site, lies in or beside town. For a longer outing, the Peoria Zoo is a longer drive away.
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- 743households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Tazewell County had 46,709 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 65°. About 28 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Havana weather station, 17 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Manito
- Midwest Central CUSD 191School district105FTE
- Forman Fire Protection DistrictAmbulance and fire service combined41
- The Lodge at ManitoAssisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities35
- VillaPolice departments27
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 103 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Manito’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Tazewell County and the Peoria, IL metro.
Manito home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Manito$144,733
- Illinois$295,943
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Manito10
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Manito5
Zip codes with a Manito address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Manito — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.